tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post6753951284277994195..comments2015-03-29T06:15:42.235-07:00Comments on The Turning of Generations: It Takes a Thief - To Solve a Birth Record Mystery - Part 2Michelle Goodrumhttps://plus.google.com/116306677387442400157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-46531499477093757692011-02-04T18:44:05.490-07:002011-02-04T18:44:05.490-07:00Enjoying your series very much, waiting for the ne...Enjoying your series very much, waiting for the next post! Being that time in history B/C weren&#39;t mandatory, school records may help. I am in the same boat with my maternal grandmother!Cheryl Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06245411628267355846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-59699716959366540542011-02-04T13:40:30.950-07:002011-02-04T13:40:30.950-07:00Carol and Anonymous, Thanks for your comments. And...Carol and Anonymous, Thanks for your comments. And thanks for the website Anonymous. I was hoping this series would get a bit of a dialogue going on how to solve these kinds of problems. It is very confusing and it seems like one just has to &quot;wing it&quot; a bit in order to learn all of the ins and outs.<br /><br />There&#39;s more to come as the topic of birth records and Social Security has been nagging at me for a long time...Michelle Goodrumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03427355155193196767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-56496122895920458412011-02-04T12:12:28.385-07:002011-02-04T12:12:28.385-07:00Medicare was started in 1965 IF you were old enoug...Medicare was started in 1965 IF you were old enough AND had a SSN. Maybe that was the reason. You can trace the changes in the Social Security Act at http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/ssnchron.html<br /><br />I got my SS card (as most people of my generation did) when I went to work at a 16 yr old in the 50&#39;s.<br />My children, born in the 60&#39;s, applied for their SSN&#39;s when they wanted to work. Employers asked for the numbers, but didn&#39;t require a visual on the actual card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8083165316546520942.post-59531768601637891882011-02-04T10:03:03.189-07:002011-02-04T10:03:03.189-07:00In my experience they looked for the birth certifi...In my experience they looked for the birth certificate WHEN they needed it, some people applied for card/numbers back when the law started, ca 1938. <br /><br />Some never applied for the card/numbers till they discovered they might be eligible for payments/benefits. <br /><br />Women frequently (in our family) waited till their husband had died to apply, UNLESS they were working.<br /><br />All in all, it is rather confusing, isn&#39;t it??<br /><br />But, for the most part, my experience is that they applied for the Birth cert when they found they needed it for the Social Security app. Delayed birth registrations are full of this sort of thing.Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11754623831815018924noreply@blogger.com